Flight Plan- Fuel Block etc Flashcards

1
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STANDARD

A

Type of fuel planning- dominant fuel policy applied

STANDARD: no special fuel planning and normal alternate selection
NO ALTN: planning with no dest alternate
REDUCED xxxx: If 3% ERA planning is applied
5MINUTES: Fuel planning takes into account 5min cont fuel

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2
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CONT

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Contingency fuel

CONT%5:
CONT%3:
CONT5MINUTES:
CONT6MINUTES: when either 5% or 5 min reaches 180kg,
system 180kg might be equiv to 6min fuel

TIME: time that CONT fuel would allow for based upon
flight`s mean fuel flow

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3
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FINAL RESERVE

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TIME: holding time 1500 feet above ALTN airport

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4
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ADDITIONAL

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fuel added by the system automatically to satisfy hard coded fuel policy

  • critical fuel scenario/ETOPS
  • min fleet T/O fuel
  • min fleet ldg fuel
  • no alternate
  • unusable/ballast (prefixed by an asterisk)

Dispatcher has to clarify the breakdown of this fuel

TIME: based on flights mean fuel flow (not if unusable fuel)

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5
Q

APU/TAXI

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Subtype specific fuel flow x flight`s taxi time

TIME: it will always show original planned taxi time even if fuel has been manually increased

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6
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REQUIRED FOB

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Required block fuel, sum of all the fuel values including apu/taxi

TIME: sum of all the previous times except taxi

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7
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TANKER/EXTRA

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TIME: 1500 feet above DEST airport

(not part of the minimum legal fuel)

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8
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REMF

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= TOTAL FOB-TRIP-TAXI

CONT is assumed to be preserved

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9
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MIN DIV

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= Final res + Altn

CONT is assumed to be used at this point

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10
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MIN DEP

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MIN​ DEP​ =​ REQUIRED​ FOB​ – APU/TAXI​ fuel

This​ is​ for​ guidance​ only​ and​ not​ a​ hard​ fuel​ figure​ required ​for departure.

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11
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PRF FACTOR

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cruise​ degradation/performance factor​

fuel bias​ ​value from​ AC​ registration record

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12
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TRAPO

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Top of climb tropopause height

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